Tile



E. G. BARRATT TILE Filed Aug. ll, 1925 :invento/c Patented Oct. 1l,1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR G. BARRATT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE BEAVER PRODUCTSCOMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application filed August 11, 1925. Serial No. 49,547.

This invention relates to a new and useful tiling and aims to provide anovel tile.

This invention may be understood by reference to one illustrativeembodiment of the inventive tile shown in the accompany'- ng drawings.

In said drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of an 1ndividual tile. Y

Fig. 2 is a cross section on an enlarged scale through the tileillustrated in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a part of a wall employing theillustrative tile.

It is to be understood that the illustrative form shown in the drawingsis simply a preferred embodiment of ther invention; and that in thefollowing explanation of that specific form the described details aremerely exemplary. i

In this instance, the illustrative tile is manufactured from a plasticmix having a gypsum base, paper or other fibrous material of a suitableheavy grade, and an outer covering of paint enamel or glaze on itssurfaces. Certain of the outer plys of the paper, which constitutelayers of the finished tile. may advantageously be treated duringmanufacture, or later, with some sizing or waterproofing material toenable the paper to retard moisture penetration and to adapt it toreceive the glaze or coating substances. The inner plys of the paperarel advanta` `geously left unsized or are slack sized. As

shown in Fig. 2 two sheets of paper or other.

tibrousmaterial 10 enclose and adhereto the body portion l1. The bodyportion 1l is composed of a plastic mix having a gypsum base. A coatingor film of paint enamel or glaze l2 envelopes the layers of fibrousmaterial and the body portion 1l on one face surface, the sides andends. The glaze 12 is preferably applied in a liquid state and can be ofany desired color. A glazing or paint enamel such as composed of thepyroxylin solutions has been found to be satisfactory for this purpose.This paint enamel or glaze isapplied in any known manner and has beensatisfactorily carried out by spraying with a suitable sprayingapparatus.

The individual tiles may be manufactured in any desired size or shape.The illustrative tile may be advantageously employed in kitchens, bathrooms or the like.

In Fig. 3 is shown thel portion of a Wall built of this tile which maybe attached in any well known manner. One method of applying theillustrative tile to walls is to cover the wall with plaster or cementand embed the tilestherein while the plaster or cement is in a plasticstate.

In the construction of the illustrative tile one face surface of thetileis not provided with the paint enamel or glaze. The object of this is toprovide a backing surface to which the securing plaster or cement Willadhere when the tile is in position on the finished wall. The finishedWall will be distinctly superior in many respects toY plaster walls andmay be as easily cleaned.

Obviously, the present invention is not restricted to the particularembodiment thereof herein shown and described, neither is it necessarythat all the features of the invention be used conjointly, since theymay be employed advantageously in various combinations andsub-combinations.

Having described one embodiment of my invention I claim as follows:

1. As an article manufactured a tile comprising a body portion of gypsumplaster. a fibrous cover sheet and a covering of paint enamel on saidcover sheet.

2. A tile comprising a layer of brous material, a layer of gypsumplaster, a second layerof fibrous material anda layer of paint enamelon'the exposed side.

3. A tile comprising a layer of fibrous material, a layer ofgypsum'plaster, a second lays-r of brous material, a layer of paintenamel andra layer of paint enamel on the exposed side and ends thereof.c

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature.

EDGAR G. BARRATT.

